Golf-hole cup and tool for inserting and extracting said cup



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,321

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PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY '1. COLDWELL, OF ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM H. MABIE AND ONE-THIRD TO HENRY E. LEX, BOTH OF NEWBURGH,

NEW YORK.

GOLF-KOBE GUI .AKD TOOL FOR INSERTING AND EXTRAC'IING SAID CUP.

Application filed August 13,1924,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. COLDWELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 34 Grand Avenue, Arlington, in the county 5 of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in a Golf-Hole Cup and Tool for Inserting and Extracting said Cup, of which the :following is a specification.

This invention relates to a golf hole cup and a tool for inserting andextracting said cup andithe novelty consists in the adaptation and arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

There are on the market devices for making a perfect hole such as is required in the middle of each green of the golf links which hole is a standard size as established by the National Golf Association. There has been 2 however, di'fliculty found in securing a proper cup for such holes and a suitable device for inserting and extracting the cup from the hole when desired and particularly it has been found diflicult to place such cups so as to leave a smooth finished edge in the dirt and sod around the edge of the hole into which the cup is inserted.

My device solves this difliculty by furnishing a cup of standard size adapted to exact- 1y fit the required golf holes and having suitable means for draining the same and preventing the washing u of mud or dirt from below. My means or inserting said cup also assures this being done in a per- 6 feet manner to set the cup in the base of the hole the required distance from the top edge of the hole and at the same time finishing said edge of earth and sod around the opening to the hole in a perfect manner.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section of the on and inserting and extractin tool in position as used but the vertical s aft of the tool being shown complete for convenience in showing the 5 connecting parts. Figure 2 is a vertical section of the cup. Figure 3 is a top plan view of the cup.

In the drawings 4 is a cup having a downturned circular flange 5 at the base and hav- 60 ing a base member 6 in which is cut a key slot 7 and rigidly secured to the base 6 to the bottom portion of the same are lugs 8 falling within the circle described by the key slot 7 turned in its own plane as the diameter.

Serial No. 231,691. Renewed September 3, 1925.

A tool, having a vertical post 9 and a cross arm 10 rigidly secured to the head :of 0 at 11, and having an upper member 12 rigidly secured to the vertical post 9 at 13 which upper member 12 has a circular down-turned C flange member 14 and a second horizontal flange member 15, and having a base member 16 rigidly secured thereto with an out-turned flange 17 and a key 18 rigidly secured therethrough below the member 16 in the base of said rod 9, is adapted to be used in connection with said cup 4.

When it is desired to insert cup 4 in a hole which has been made in a suitable point in one of thegreens ofthe golf links the cup 4. with the flange 5 in the downward position will be engaged by the tool by inserting the key 18 through the key hole 7 in the base of the cup 4 and turning the *tool by means of the cross arm or handle 10 until the two wings of 18 engage the lugs 8 and the flange 17 will engage the base 6 of the cup 4 and the circular flange 14 is spaced so as to exactly engage the upper rim or edge of the cup 4. The cup 4 then being properly mounted on or held by the inserting tool can then be placed in the hole, the operator holding the same by means of the handle or cross arm 10 and by turning the handle 10 and simultaneously pressing downwardly the cup 4 will gradually be lowered to the exact position required in the hole in the green. The flange 15 and the flange 14 will during this operation gradually engage the edge of the hole cut in the green and will smooth ofl and finish the inside edge of the hole as well as the edge around the opening of the hole thereby not only placing the cup in the exact position desired without any injury to the hole into which it is being inserted but also effecting at the same time a complete finishing of the edge or rim of the hole out in the green both as to the dirt and the sod thereof. This operation having been completed the tool can then be turned to the position aligning the wings of the key 18 wlth the openings of key hole 7 so that the complete tool can be extracted leaving the cup 4 in position for use.

W henever it is desired to remove the cup 4 the same operation of inserting the key 18 into the key hole 7 and turning the handle 10 so as to engage the Wings of the ke 18 with the lugs 8 will effect the turning o the cup 4 which with a slight upward pull of the operator as the handle is turned will ef feet the withdrawal of the cup at from the hole without any injury to the hole, leaving 5 it in perfect condition. 7

It is apparent that the key hole 7 will serve to drain any water which may get into the 7 base 6 of the cup 4 and the circular flange 5 *sufliciently spaces the basefrom the base 1 of thehole into which the cup 4 is inserted so as to preventniud and dirt working up into the base 6 of the cup 4.

I claim:

a 1. A golf hole cup having a downwardly extending circular flange at the base and a a key hole in the base with lugs secured under said base offset from said key hole but within the circle described by said hole as a diameter.

2. A golf hole cup having a downwardly extending circular flange at the base and a key hole in the base with lugs secured under said base offset from said key hole but within the circle described by said hole as a 2 diameter and a tool adapted to insert into and extract said cup from a golf hole.

3. A golf hole cup having a downwardly extending circular flange at the base and a key hole in the base with lugs secured under said base offset from said key hole but within the circle described by said hole as a diameter and a tool adapted to insert into and extract said cup from a golf hole coinprising a T shaped member having a key adapted to pass through said key hole and having wings adapted to engage said lugs, 11 flange above said key adapted to press against the bottom of the cup and a vertical circular flange near the head of said tool adapted to engage the upper edge of the cup and a horizontal circular flange running out from said vertical flange.

4.7111 combination a golf hole cup having a key hole in the base with lugs secured under said base offset from said key hole but within the circle described by said hole as a diameter and means adapted to cooperate with said cup means for inserting and extracting the same from said golf hole.

In combination a golf hole cup having a key hole in the base with lugs secured under said base offset from said key hole but within the circle described'by said hole as a diameter and means adapted to cooperate with said cup means for inserting and extracting the same from said golf hole and means in said tool for levelling and completing the edge and upper rim of said golf hole.

6. In combination a golf hole cup having means adapted to be engaged by a tool for inserting and extracting said cup from a golf hole and a tool adaptedto insert and extract said cup, said tool having means for levelling and completing the edge and upper rim of said golf hole.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRY T. COLDWELL. 

